i m stephen sackur. leaders who routinely abuse their power can t stand to be laughed at. satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the white afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing south africa s recent history for laughs? pieter dirk uys, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you ve made a career and a life out of humour, and pretty subversive humour. but would you say you re fundamentally driven by anger, or is it something else? i think anger is a very important motivation, after all these years, and especially in the beginning when i was very quiet and very scared of opinion, because most of it was illegal. so actually i try to keep a balance of 49% anger, 51% ent
i m stephen sackur. leaders who routinely abuse their power can t stand to be laughed at. satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the white afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing south africa s recent history for laughs? pieter dirk uys, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you ve made a career and a life out of humour, pretty subversive humour. but would you say you re fundamentally driven by anger, or is it something else? i think anger is a very important motivation, after all these years, and especially in the beginning when i was very quiet and very scared of opinion, because most of it was illegal. so actually i try to keep a balance of 49% anger, 51% enterta
i m stephen sackur. leaders who routinely abuse their power can t stand to be laughed at. satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the white afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing south africa s recent history for laughs? pieter dirk uys, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you ve made a career and a life out of humour, pretty subversive humour. but would you say you re fundamentally driven by anger, or is it something else? i think anger is a very important motivation, after all these years, and especially in the beginning when i was very quiet and very scared of opinion, because most of it was illegal. so actually i try to keep a balance of 49% anger, 51% enterta
before he received the nobel peace prize in oslo, dr. king gave a major address in london on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for nelson mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in south africa. the united kingdom comes the united states decided tomorrow morning not to buy south african goods, not to buy south african gold, investors and capitalists would withdraw their support for the racial tyranny that we find, then apartheid would be brought to an end. amy: today, dr. king city tubal address december 7, 1964 in london. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. today is the federal holiday honoring dr. martin luther king. he was born january 15, 1929. he was assassinated april 4, 1968, at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. he was just 39 years old. while dr. king is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor, organizing the
pacifica radio archives exclusive, we air a newly discovered recording of dr. martin luther king, jr. it was december 1964, days before he received the nobel peace prize in oslo, dr. king gave a major address in london on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for nelson mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in south africa. the united kingdomom comes te united states decided tomorrow morning not to buy south african goods, not to buy south african gogold, investors s and capitits would withdraw their support for the racial tyranny that we find, then apartheid would be brought to an end. amy: today, dr. king city tubal address december 7, 1964 in london. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. today is the federal holiday honoring dr. martin luther king. he was born january 15, 1929. he was assassinated april 4, 1968, at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. he was just 39 ye